Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cattails












1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips, divided (1/2 cup + 1/2 cup)
1 cup Peanut Butter Chips, divided (1/2 cup + 1/2 cup)
2 tsp shortening (DO NOT use butter or margarine)
12 to 14 pretzel rods

1. Stir together milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.  Place sheet of wax paper on tray or counter top.  Finely chop 1 cup chip mixture in food processor or by hand; place on wax paper.  Line tray or cookie sheet with wax paper.
2. Place remaining 1 cup chip mixture and shortening in narrow deep microwave safe bowl.  Microwave at medium 1 minute; stir.  If necessary, microwave additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.
3. Spoon chocolate-peanut butter mixture over about 3/4 of the pretzel rod; gently shake off excess.  Holding pretzel by un-coated end roll in chopped chips, pressing chips into chocolate.  Place on prepared tray.  Refrigerate 30 minutes or until set.  Store coated pretzels in cool, dry place.

Tips/Tricks/Notes

This is a very quick, very easy recipe to do!  I don't have too much to add to this recipe, it's fairly straight forward.  My only recommendation well preparing this recipe is to let the mixture cool slightly after removing from the microwave and before spooning it onto the pretzels.  I found the hotter the mixture the harder is was to get the chopped chips to stick to the mixture on the rods.  Also, I used semi-sweet chocolate chips in place of the milk chocolate chips as that was what I had on hand.

Pretzel Rods - the only store I was able to find these was the Bulk Barn.  Below is a variation if you can't find the pretzel rods or would like to use regular pretzels.

Variation: Melt entire package of chips with 4 tsps of shortening and dip small pretzels into mixture.

The picture seen above is an actual picture I took of my completed cattails, it is not taken from the internet or played with in anyway.